Friday, 21 February 2025 Aaaarrrgh! The alarm went of at 5.30am so that we could shower and dress and head downstairs to meet Meredith and Fiona to commence the l-o-n-g journey home. Not like the European passengers who disembarked yesterday morning and were going to be home in time for afternoon tea. Australia is just […]
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Thursday, 20 February 2025 We were up early this morning so that we could shower, dress and clean our teeth and leave our room before the 8.00am deadline. We lugged our coats and carry-on bags to the dining room to eat our last breakfast on board the Hurtigruten. How boring breakfast will be back at
Wednesday, 19 February 2025 Today was the last full day of our cruise and we have spent it in Kristiansand. Norway’s fifth largest city is located on the southern tip of the country but not quite the southernmost point, Lindesnes, which we sailed past before dawn this morning. The ship offers a tour to the
Tuesday, 18 February 2025 Overnight we sailed past the mouth of the Sognefjord and Bergen so we are now sailing in waters that we have not sailed before during our northbound journey. This morning in glorious weather we started heading along the spectacular Hardangerfjord. While Bernie was in the shower I headed down to Deck
Monday, 17 February 2025 At the mid-way point I forgot to record a few more interesting facts and figures. When I have not been at the iPad I keep thinking I should add these facts but then when I have been on the iPad I forget. Until now! The Trollfjord has capacity for 822 passengers,
Sunday, 16 February 2025 Originally we were scheduled to arrive in Brønnøysund at 10.00am this morning but it was announced last night that we would, in fact, arrive at 8.00am. As efficiently as ever we docked just before 8.00am this morning. Brønnøysund is notable for being the mid-point along the coast of Norway. Since we
Saturday, 15 February 2025 On Day 8 of our journey we had two towns listed on our itinerary. At 9.00am we arrived at our first port of call, Stokmarknes. Stokmarknes is the birthplace of the Hurtigruten Norwegian Coastal Express and home of the Hurtigrutemuseet. We had booked a guided tour of the museum so met
Friday, 14 February 2025 Today we reached the mid-way point of our journey. We docked this morning in Tromsø … and I have no idea how that is pronounced because everyone seems to say it a little bit differently. According to the pronunciation guide from a couple of days ago, it should be like Trom
Thursday, 13 February 2025 Bernie finally came in out of the cold about 10.30pm last night. He had one more glimpse of a whisp of aurora before it started snowing in earnest and he decided to call it a night on the Northern Lights watch! During yesterday’s 5.00pm briefing we received some hints on pronouncing
Wednesday, 12 February 2025 Yesterday afternoon’s briefing warned us again about a potentially rough open sea crossing. This time they were right! About 7.00am this morning it did get pretty rough with the boat pitching and rolling more dramatically than it has prior to this. We were coping OK with the movement but then I